Our work

Our projects, campaigns and activities are active in 140 countries around the world ensuring all children have the best start in life, a safe place to learn, and skills for the future. 

Because sustainable change happens in communities and is built through trust and partnership, we work with more than 80 organisations – from the United Kingdom and the United States to Africa, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia and Europe – with 90% of our projects are led by local community partners. 


Featured Initiatives

Here is an overview of our programmes and activities. You can search the index of all our projects by country below.

Global Youth Ambassadors

Global Youth Ambassadors

We are training the next generation of leaders who want to be at the centre of shaping the future of education in their community.

Campaigns

Campaigns

Our campaigns have helped countless children have access to a quality education. Our current Act For Early Years campaign aims to have every child start school ready to learn.

Education Innovation Awards

Education Innovation Awards

Each year, we help non-profit organisations scale-up innovative pilot projects, improving their quality and reach, by providing expertise, coaching, masterclasses and seed investment.

Small Grants Programme

Small Grants Programme

We support charities and non-profits helping disadvantaged and overlooked young people in the UK and around the world with small grants to increase access to education and health programmes.

The Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory

The Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory

Since 2004, the research laboratory works to improve understanding of what causes early labour, how we can develop treatments to prevent it and how we can better help newborn babies in the first crucial hours and days after birth.

Education during conflicts and crises

Education during conflicts and crises

When war, disaster and climate change threaten to close classrooms, we keep children in education in Ukraine and across the Middle East in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon.

Girls’ education

Girls’ education

Girls and young women in many parts of the world miss out on school every day. Every child has a right to learn, no matter where they are born. Educating girls saves lives and builds stronger families, communities and economies.

Partnering with the Private Sector

Partnering with the Private Sector

Our team helps businesses from around the world do more to support education. Our Global Business Coalition for Education leverages the collective power of the business community to improve access and quality of education.

  • Blooming Buds, with Jeeva Jyothi

    Best start in life

    Transforming the lives of children in rural villages and slums in Puzhal block, India through early childhood education and good nutrition

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    Book Dash

    Best start in life

    Book Dash is a not-for-profit, South African social impact publisher of open-sourced, African picture books. Their vision is that "Every child should own a hundred books by the age of five".

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    Children Teaching Children with Givat Haviva

    A safe place to learn

    Givat Haviva’s Children Teaching Children programme is a model for peace education in Israel. The programme connects Arab and Jewish middle school students to give them the courage to confront prejudice and learn together.

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    Designathon Works

    The goal of Designathon Works is to enable 1 million children around the world to become changemakers for a better world. They empower children ages 5-12 worldwide to design sustainable futures using simple technologies through a collaborative design process.

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    Digify Foundation

    Skills for the future

    Digify Foundation is committed to bridging the digital divide by equipping African youth with critical digital literacy skills. They aim to foster digital empowerment, increase access to digital education, and prepare the next generation of African learners for success in the digital economy.

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    Digital Chronicles

    Skills for the future

    Digital Chronicles aims to make the teacher and student of today more comfortable using modern technology in the classroom.

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    EdCamp Ukraine

    A safe place to learn

    EdCamp Ukraine's mission is to unite educators and help them grow. They aim to promote and enhance social and emotional learning among Ukrainian educators; to raise awareness of and engagement in civic activities like human rights issues, civic education, non-discrimination, inclusion, integrity, and education in crisis; to reach a broader constituency and inspire networking.

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    Enjuba Spelling Bee

    Best start in life

    Enjuba's mission is to improve literacy and essential life skills for Ugandan children by providing high-quality pre-primary education, targeting rural areas where over 80% of the Ugandan population resides.

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    Focus on Kenya

    Best start in life

    We’re investing in research and working alongside local community partners to raise the profile of the importance of children’s early years across the political spectrum.

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    Global Youth Ambassadors

    Global Youth Ambassadors

    The Global Youth Ambassador programme gives young people who are passionate about ending the education crisis the skills, knowledge and community to unlock big change at a local and global level.

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    Healing Through Learning with Ajyal Foundation

    A safe place to learn

    Ajyal Foundation’s goal is to create safe places to learn through Teaching with Care, a project that supports both education and the emotional wellbeing of children in Gaza who have been affected by trauma.

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    Health and Life Skills education with ZanaAfrica Foundation

    Helping girls in rural Kenya understand their changing bodies and their rights

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    Helping refugess reach university with Mosaik Education

    A safe place to learn

    Empowering refugees to access higher education

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    Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory and Theirworld Edinburgh Birth Cohort

    Best start in life

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    Mamapreneurs for Early Childhood with Kidogo

    Improving access to high-quality affordable childcare in Kenya

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    MBA Scholarships in Lebanon

    A safe place to learn, Peace & security

    MBA scholarships transforming the lives of refugees and vulnerable adults in Lebanon.

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    PACEmaker International

    Skills for the future

    PACE aims to create equitable learning opportunities for students in informal &rural areas of Africa. They target Kenyan high school graduates on their gap years and university students on long holidays, and encourage them to become teaching supporters for students in underserved schools.

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    Power Learn Project

    Skills for the future

    Power Learn Project (PLP) aims to lower the financial, geographical and entry barriers of accessibility to tech skills for youth in Africa who then transition to decent work and gainful livelihoods within the digital economy.

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    Reimagining Learning with Lebanese Alternative Learning

    A safe place to learn

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    Stay with Ukraine, Junior

    A safe place to learn

    Keeping Ukrainian refugee children connected to home through remote education.

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    The Reflective Learning Foundation

    Skills for the future

    The Reflective Learning Foundation is a tech-based teacher tool which identifies and catches up gaps in the students’ conceptual Maths and English knowledge. The software diagnoses learning gaps of each individual student across specific concepts, then offers remedial learning.

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    Theirworld Edinburgh Birth Cohort

    Funded by Theirworld, the Edinburgh Birth Cohort is a world-first study in which researchers from the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory monitor the progress of 400 premature babies from birth to adulthood.

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    ThinkZone

    ThinkZone aims to ensure every child has the chance to pursue their dreams by enhancing learning outcomes in low-resource areas through high-quality education programs.

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    Young Climate Heroes in the Making, with Earth Warriors

    Bespoke climate education for children and teachers on the frontline of the climate crisis.

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